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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redknight" data-source="post: 1070598" data-attributes="member: 6796">This installment is written by the player of Trista the elementalist.Haven proven their worth by saving the island from the plans of Black Molly and her sea hag, Captain Dyne recognised that they were ready to join him aboard the Albatross. After a few days at sea, a Dornado merchant ship was sighted. Capt Dyne ordered the cerw of the Albatross to close and capture the cargo laden vessel.As the ships neared and came abreast, Trista saw the young elven woman in chains on the deck of the Dornadan ship.  As the Blue Rogues had already committed to boarding the Dornadan merchant vessel and wresting control of the ship from the Dornadans, Trista decided that she would put her best efforts into rescuing this prisoner, whomever she might be.  She and her family had been persecuted by the Dornadans, Trista was eager to assist this woman in escaping the Empire's grasp.When the time came to board the ship, the men swung and jumped into the fray with the Dornadan officers and sailors.  Trista jumped to the stern of the deck, near the ship's wheel, away from the direct combat.  There she observed that the Dornadan Admiral and the elven captive had gone belowdecks.  The taking of the ship took precedence over her personal rescue mission, so Trista summoned the powers of Death itself to weaken her enemies defending their vessel and her high-ranking passenger.  Summoning the elemental power of death to her own hands with arcane gestures and sounds, she lashed out thrice at the Dornadan officer who was maliciously cutting down the boarding party from her ship, the Albatross.  Three times did she reach out with the sickeningly cold, black Ray of Deathly Weakness.  Three times it touched upon the officer, but only once was it able to overcome his life-force and draw his strength from him, leaving him pale and weakened.  Still he hew at the sailors from the Albatross, cutting them down and sending them to their own death.Nearly drained of her most potent conjurations, Trista reserved the last of her strongest summons to the Elements as a potential means of escape if the Dornadan's proved too fierce for the Blue Rogues.  The battle on the deck was going well for the Rogues, with William, Rinaldo, and Sinos striking their foes most fatally.  Within moments the battle for the main deck, and control of the merchantman, was complete with the Dornadan's defeated or surrendering to the overpowering privateers.As the boarding party headed below to face the remaining crewmembers, they overheard the cowardly Admiral formulating a plan not only for his escape with the prisoner, but also for escaping blame for the loss of the ship by blaming the Captain, who was also below decks with him.  Having overheard this, the boarders headed below to face the Admiral's two bodyguards standing between them and the Admiral and the hostage.  Apparently the guards had opened a hatch in the stern of the merchant vessel and had prepared for the Admiral's escape in a small boat now suspended over the sea.  Sinos, William and Rinaldo stepped up to face their latest adversaries while Trista ran to the deck to warn the crew of the Albatross of the Admiral's escape attempt.  She knew that she could not face down the Bodyguards, nor could she reach the captive due to the tight space in the passageway.  She did however expect to be able to something (anything!) from the deck of the merchant vessel to stop the Admiral from escaping with his hostage.Upon sizing up the geometry of the escape boat, Admiral, and the sterncastle of the ship, it was clear to Trista that she couldn't direct any effective magical energies at the Admiral and his craft.  Desperate to assist the captive and perhaps apprehend the dastardly Dornadan Admiral, Trista made a valiant effort to climb down the stern of the vessel and assault the Admiral from an unexpected direction, if necessary.She should have taken the time to consider using a rope, but she did not.  Being 5 feet tall, 100 lbs. soaking wet, and not having the raw physical strength of her male companions, Trista was not up to the challenge of the precarious climb.  After slipping once, she might have grabbed ahold of some solid portion of the sterncastle woodwork if she had been calm and used more forethought. This was not the case as she was eager to assist her companions in saving the elfmaid from the Dornadans.  She continued her efforts to climb even after the first slip and passed up her opportunity for safety in favor of her headstrong and impulsive self-appointed rescue mission.  She slipped again, managed to grab a thin piece of wood molding that held for the barest of moments then snapped, sending Trista into the loving arms of the sea.The Admiral launched his skiff without his captive, thanks exclusively to the valiant efforts of her companions.  He sailed swiftly away with some cannon fire after him, but he was alone - his captive abandoned aboard the merchant vessel.  Trista made no efforts to stop him since he was away without the elf and his craft used more powerful elemental powers than she could counteract.With some effort, Trista was able to swim to the entwined drifting ships and was able to pull herself from the water after no one heard her cries for help.  Soaking wet (and, indeed, 100 lbs.), Trista accompanied the crewmen who carried the unconscious elf maid aboard the Albatross.</blockquote>

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